ender4 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 22 minutes ago, mjmooney said: This is all ridiculously complicated. The Game's Gone. But great fun for us while there is no real football over the summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdedi Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 20 hours ago, StewieGriffin said: Just one I think - we're the highest unseeded team, so one of those 2 happening bumps us up into the seeded teams. Or a shock in the early qualifying rounds No the Mitjyland one is to not push us down another place…. BOTH need to happen, as I understand it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdedi Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 8 hours ago, DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth said: If Fenerbahce win the Turkish cup final we will be seeded, and that is quite a likely event. 11th of June that is. Not if Mitjyland win next week. That would bump us down 1 place 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fun Factory Posted June 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2023 I was just going to switch my brain off and wait until the draw. Now you have me looking at about 5 different leagues and co-efficient rankings. Curse you all to hell. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceemo Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Confirmed there a few minutes ago that Viborg have finished in 4th spot in Denmark and will face Midtjylland next Friday evening at 17:00. We need a Viborg victory in that one along with Fenerbahce beating Istanbul Basaksehir next Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeypuzzle Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 I like to think that all the other teams who get into the play offs will be thinking "crap, I hope we don't get Villa in the draw, they've been amazing this season and will tear us to shreds!" Whether that is Juventus, Leverkusen or any other team that we might come up against. Under Emery there isn't a team in that competition we couldn't beat with our current squad, let alone after he gets to make any transfers he can this summer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 I thought Sevilla not being in this now was good for our seeding prospects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejoker Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Osasuna have won and finished 7th. That’s good for us, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, thejoker said: Osasuna have won and finished 7th. That’s good for us, right? Doesn't make a difference, as they're ranked lower than us (as all the Spanish teams in the race were). As said above when my earlier post was corrected, to be sure of being seeded we need FC Midtjylland to lose to Viborg (9th June) as they'd be ranked higher than us and Fenerbahce to beat Basekshir in the Turkish Cup final (11th June). If one of those things doesnt happen then we're relying on a shock (or two shocks if Midtjylland win) in the qualifying rounds, and looking at the difference in quality in those rounds I think we'd be fortunate to see one. Edited June 4, 2023 by StewieGriffin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 'And in an unusual move today UEFA ruled to draw Aston Villa away to Manchester United in a one-off qualifying tie in the Europa Conference League. Asked about this an official said it was just for the bantz' 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Worth pointing out as well that those teams you see in the Twitter graphics aren't the only teams - there'll be teams dropping in from Europa League qualifying as well as teams progressing from Conference League Qualifying Rounds 1, 2 and 3. I may well be wrong, but I think we aren't guaranteed to get a seeded team, just that the seeded teams can't play each other - we could still get some Kazakhstani farmers or some Armenian postmen. We'd need a bit of luck, but if we don't get it then I'd fancy us against most of the seeded teams apart from Juve and Frankfurt. We might get a tricky one like AZ, Brugge or Fenerbahce but they'd be winnable. As pointed out above, Im not sure how many of those seeded teams would fancy playing us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 (edited) Double post Edited June 4, 2023 by StewieGriffin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 11 hours ago, cyrusr said: There are only technically 2 teams that are definitely qualifying for the play off round that are ahead of us. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you are saying, I'm pretty sure this isn't right, it's 8 teams that will be ahead of us in the seeding no matter what: Lille Frankfurt Qualifier from Italy Loser of Europa League qualifier involving Olympiacos Loser of Europa League qualifier involving Slavia Prague Winner of Conference 3rd round qualifier involving AZ Winner of Conference 3rd round qualifier involving Partizan Winner of Conference 3rd round qualifier involving Dynamo Kyiv Then there are 10 further teams that could push us down the seeding rankings if they get past the 2nd qualifying round: Plzen Maccabi Tel Aviv PAOK Cluj Fenerbahce Gent Basel Club Brugge Basaksehir Midtjylland The last two teams listed might still not qualify for the competition at all, in which case we'd be guaranteed the last seeded spot in the play offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Guess we won't be allowed to loan Januzaj if we draw Basaksehir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, tomsky_11 said: Loser of Europa League qualifier involving Olympiacos Loser of Europa League qualifier involving Slavia Prague Winner of Conference 3rd round qualifier involving AZ Winner of Conference 3rd round qualifier involving Partizan Winner of Conference 3rd round qualifier involving Dynamo Kyiv Don’t these depend on who does qualify and what coefficient those teams have? So if say someone beats Slavia Prague then it’s that winnings teams coefficient that counts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Im literally not bothered if we seeded or not. To win it you have to play the best teams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 1 minute ago, ender4 said: Don’t these depend on who does qualify and what coefficient those teams have? So if say someone beats Slavia Prague then it’s that winnings teams coefficient that counts? I don't believe so, because the play off draw occurs before the previous EL and ECL rounds have been concluded and so the coefficient of the highest ranked team in the fixture is used in the draw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Demitri_C said: Im literally not bothered if we seeded or not. To win it you have to play the best teams. Same here, and it’s way to complicated to worry about all the different permutations right now. With Emery as our manager, I don’t think we should fear anyone in this competition. Equally we should always remember Stevenage and respect our opponents. So I don’t believe in playing a weakened team whoever we draw. This will hopefully be a good run, and do some good to our co-efficient going forward. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 1 minute ago, NeilS said: Same here, and it’s way to complicated to worry about all the different permutations right now. With Emery as our manager, I don’t think we should fear anyone in this competition. Equally we should always remember Stevenage and respect our opponents. So I don’t believe in playing a weakened team whoever we draw. This will hopefully be a good run, and do some good to our co-efficient going forward. My thoughts exactly neil well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 7 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Im literally not bothered if we seeded or not. To win it you have to play the best teams. I'd rather minimise the risk of not making the group stage by having an easier draw, given it's our first European fixture in a while and will be the first for a number of players in the squad. We can settle into the competition and beat the best teams later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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